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Practice AreasSevere Burns The monetary, mental and physical costs of recovering from a burn injury are staggering. According to the Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, in the early nineties there were over 2.4 million reported burn injuries per year in the United States. Of these incidents, over a million resulted in substantial injury. A burn injury can require months, sometimes years of hospitalization, doctors’ visits, and physical therapy and often even require extensive counseling to overcome the mental trauma sustained from suffering a burn injury. Burn injuries are the second leading cause of accidental death behind automobile accidents. Burns are frequently the direct result of the negligence of another person or company and can result from on the job injuries, industrial accidents or construction accidents, defective products (product liability), or electrocution and a variety of other tragic circumstances. The source and cause of the fire or accident that caused the burn are crucial determination that forms the bases of a personal injury burn case. If you feel that you or a loved one has suffered a burn injury as the result of someone's negligence, you may have grounds to bring a personal injury claim. Severe Burn Representative Cases Placker v. People's Gas System, Inc., Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Orlando, Florida
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